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AVERAGE VALUES IN A CANONICAL

or

(251)
Setting in this equation, we get
and substituting this value, we have
or
(252)

If we differentiate equation (250) with respect to (which may represent any of the external coördinates), and write for the force , we get

or
(253)
Setting in this equation, we get
Substituting this value, we have
(254)
or
(255)
Repeated applications of the principles expressed by equations (252) and (255) are perhaps best made in the particular cases. Yet we may write (252) in this form